Tampons

ABSTRACT

A catamenial tampon provided with a withdrawal cord and a moisture repellent foil, said foil lined inside with a smoothly gliding material, the wrapping of the tampon held together by a band or similar means or by pushing the tampon partly through a hole in the packing material.

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United States Patent [191 Kobler [5 1 TAMPQNS [76] Inventor: PaulKobler, 31 Fenimore St.,

Lynbrook, NY. 11563 22 Filed: Sept. 20, 1972 211 App1.No.:290,732

[52] US. Cl. 128/285 [51] Int. Cl. A61f 13/20 [58] Field of Search128/263, 270, 271, 285

' [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Winter 128/263 June 4, 1974 3,058,469 10/1962 Cruckford 128/263 3.135.262 6/1964 Kobler et a1.1211/285 3,156,240 11/1964 Harrison et a1. 128/271 3,674,029 7/1972Bates tal. 128/285 Primary Examiner-Charles Rosenbaum [57] ABSTRACT I Acatamenial tampon provided with a withdrawal cord and a moisturerepellent foil, said foillined inside with a smoothly gliding material,the wrapping of the lampon held together by a band or similar means orby pushing the tampon partly through a hole in the packing material.

2 Claims, 7 Drawing Figures l TAMPONS The present invention relates to acatamenial tampon of compressed absorbent material and provided with awithdrawal cord. said tampon being enclosed in a protective wrappingwhich opens like an umbrella for introducing the tampon into the vaginaand thus protects the hand or finger which introduces the tampon, the

place. To eliminate said rubber band the tampons may be sold asdescribed. This new improvement is, that one end of the tampon, the endwhich is held with the fingers to introduce the tampon into the vagina,is standing out of the box, or out of a holder with holes,

whereby with one grasp the tampon is pulled out for use and introducedinto the vagina.

This new packing arrangement and the lining of the plastic moisturerepellant foil belong both to my invention. used either separately orboth together. I

The present invention will now be described more fully with reference tothe accompanying drawings illustrating, by way of example, severalpreferred forms of a tampon'according to the invention, and in which;

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tampon and wrapper in unpackedcondition. I

FIGS. 2 and 3 are side views of the tampon'during the wrappingoperation.

It is not necessary that the gliding material 5 has the same size likethe moisture repellent foil 3. It may also be a little smaller.

FIG. 3 shows, the wrapped tampon I the wrapping held together at one endwith a small band 4.

F IG. 4 shows, a piecc of packing material 6, with several tampons Ipushed partly through holes in said packing material.

The tampon end A which stands out from the packing material 6 aregrasped one at a time by hand and pulled out of the packing material.The user continues to hold the same end A of the tampon when he opensthe foil 3 with the lining 4 into an umbrella shape as seen in FIG. 2.Then holding the same end A of tampon I, the tampon is introduced intothe vagina.

And now comes the most important part of the invention. As foil 3 islined with gliding material 5 it is possible to push with one finger thetampon 1 far inside the vagina without feeling any irritation. Foil 3out of moisture repelling material (preferably plastic) hurts andirritates without being lined by a gliding material 5. It is importantto pushthe tampon ,1, almost 1 inch away from the opening of the vagina,as a closure muscle at the beginningof the vagina will hurt the user incase that muscle is situated over the tampon 1. Most users don t eventry to push the plastic protective foil 3inside the vagina without agliding material 5. The result is,

FIG. 4 is a front view of an example of an enclosed tampon pushed partlythrough holes in a'tampon holding piece.

FIG. 5 is a side view of FIG. 4. a a

FIG. 6 is another embodiment showing how the tampons are held insidea'box and in a side view. a

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the tampon holder seen in FIG. 6

The tampon 1 shown in FIG. I to 3, made of absorbent material as isusual, comprises a withdrawal cord 2 and a protective wrapping foil 3 ofmoisture repellent material. 1

In enclosing tampon l, the foil 3 is wrapped like an umbrella aroundtampon l by placing the lower end of tampon I with the attachedwithdrawal cord 2, into the middle of foil 3. By pushing-that end oftampon l together with the foil 3 through a hole in a tool, the foilwith the withdrawal cord 2 is wrapped around tampon I or rather alongthe sides of tampon I. That part which extends over the tampon I, isthenbent backwards on one side of tampon l and very near the end of thewrapping held in place by'a rubber band 4. (FIG. 3) My invention is afurther improvement of my brother Werner Kobler et al. US. Pat. No.3,135,262 of June 2, I964, however as such, does not interfere with theclaims of said patent. v l

FIG. 2 shows. the backfolded umhrellaportion of the wrapping material.We see the moisture repellent foil 3 lined with the smoothly glidingmaterial 5 (preferably out of batiste).

that the tampon is not considered satisfactory and cannot be sold ingreat quantities.

FIG. 5 shows the tampon seen in FIG. 4 inside an outer box 7 with acover 8. When cover 8 is lifted each tampon can be grasped with one handand pulled out suppositories by doctors or patients in the human body,

as for instance when a patient suffers from hemorrhoids and as describedin its-use by the German Pat. No.

l bly cotton batiste) by my invention.

Casser, Recklinghausen, Germany. said tampon being placed by the user inamositure repellent foil which is lined inside with a smoothly glidablematerial (prefera- What I claim is: 1. A-catamenial tampon comprising anelongated body of compressed absorbent material, provided with awithdrawal cord attached to said tampon body, a combination wrapper thatcan be opened in a finger protecting umbrella before inserting thetampon into the human body, said umbrella consisting of two differentmaterials, an outside moisture repellantmaterial andan inside moistureabsorbent material. preferably batiste a fine cotton fabric, the fingersgrasping the cord end of the tampon, with the two wrappers around thatend. unfolding said wrappers simultaneously into an open umbrella-shape,whereby the moisture repellant material protects the fingers and theglidable moisture absorbant material is exposed to touch the human skinoutside and inside the human body when the tam- 4 out changing thehand-grasp on the protruding tamponend, said umbrella being unfoldedwith the other hand. the glidable moisture absorbent material. alone.com ing in contact with the skin. said absorbent material making itpossible to slide the tampon with one of the protected fingersconsiderably deeper into the vagina away from the closure muscle;

1. A catamenial tampon comprising an elongated body of compressedabsorbent material, provided with a withdrawal cord attached to saidtampon body, a combination wrapper that can be opened in a fingerprotecting umbrella before inserting the tampon into the human body,said umbrella consisting of two different materials, an outside moisturerepellant material and an inside moisture absorbent material, preferablybatiste a fine cotton fabric, the fingers grasping the cord end of thetampon, with the two wrappers around that end, unfolding said wrapperssimultaneously into an open umbrella-shape, whereby the moisturerepellant material protects the fingers and the glidable moistureabsorbant material is exposed to touch the human skin outside and insidethe human body when the tampon is inserted, also cleaning the vaginacanal by absorbing possible moisture.
 2. A catamenial tampon asdescribed in claim 1 placed in a package material, said package materialcontaining holes supporting said tampons whereby the tampons with theirumbrella wrappings are held in position and presented for grasping byhand, said tampons protruding out of the holes in said package materialso that the tampon can be introduced into the vagina without changingthe hand-grasp on the protruding tampon-end, said umbrella beingunfolded with the other hand, the glidable moisture absorbent material,alone, coming in contact with the skin, said absorbent material makingit possible to slide the tampon with one of the protected fingersconsiderably deeper into the vagina aWay from the closure muscle.